When a DPD officer suffered a heart attack while on bicycle patrol on the Santa Fe Trail, these officers and others did everything they could to stop the photographer from taking pictures. Too bad, they failed. Their actions are the subject of a DPD Internal Affairs review. (Photo by Avi S. Adelman)

Everyone, from high-ranking DPD officials to frequently standoffish police union officials like Dallas Police Association President Ron Pinkston, appeared to accept the notion that citizens are — and should be — legally allowed to shoot videos and photographs of cops performing their public duties. Matter of fact, Osterreicher was told, DPD was preparing to enshrine citizens' right to photograph in its policy manual.